Tuesday, November 27, 2012

I had fun adding the little details...like my red bird on a snow white tree.

or

The red door with a vintage button from my Mother's 70 yr. old button box!

Another red vintage button from Mother's Button Box

Like my crazy red tree?

I can almost smell the *embroidered* wood smoke coming out of the red Chimney

The window panes are embroidered with white embroidery thread

I would love to walk the streets of this snowy little town.

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

5 Pillows goes to Pauline, Quilt n Queen for being the Hostess with the Mostess, Jill for being the Creative Genius behind the Holiday Lane Pillow pattern and last but certainly not the least, Madame Samm for being Head Cheerleader/Vision Queen at Sew We Quilt...Whoo Hoo!!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

WE ARE MARSHALLMy Alma Mater1975I meant to post this on Nov. 14th but did not get it done.

Please forgive me for not posting in such a long time. We are still remodeling and many days I have gone without touching the computer. All I could do was paint, saw, or empty boxes. Things are winding down and life is returning to some stage of normal. My family is arriving from all over the southeast for Thanksgiving Holidays. Thus, my need to get this remodel finished!

Springhill Cemetary Graveside Memorial for the 6 unidentified bodies

killed in the Nov. 14th, 1970 Plane crashed that killed the Marshall University Football Team, Coaches,

Booster Club members, and plane crew... Total of 75 people lost their lives on that cold rainy night when a Southern Airways plane few into the side of a mountain, missing the runway by 100 ft. due to a broken Altimeter.My husband was recruited after the crash to play football and his team, The Young Thundering Herd, is the focus of the movie, WE ARE...MARSHALL starring Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, etc... We were consultants on the movie and even got to be in some of the crowd scenes. I encourage you to rent the movie. It's a great story and ALL TRUE. FYI: the church scene is where we were married! Let me know if you saw the movie.Read the story HERE

In the middle of Huntington, West Virginia there's a river

. Next to this river there is a steel mill. And next to the steel

mill there is a school. In the middle of the school, there is a

fountain. Each year on the exact same day, at the exact same

hour, the water to this fountain is turned off. And in this

moment once every year, through out the town, through out

the school, time stands still."Opening lines in the 2006 Movie, WE ARE...MARSHALL

IN MEMORY OF:

Abbott, Capt. Frank, pilot

Adams, Jim, team member

Andrews, Mark, team member

Arnold, Charles “Red”, insurance executive

Arnold, Rachel, wife of insurance executive

Blake, Mike, team member

Blevins, Dennis, team member

Bluford, Willie, team member

Booth, Donald, game film

Brackett, Deke, assistant coach

Brown, Larry, team member

Brown, Tom, team member

Carelli Jr., Al, assistant coach

Chambers, Dr. Joseph, team physician

Chambers, Peggy, wife of team physician

Childers, Roger, team member

Cottrell, Stuart, team member

Dardinger, Rick, team member

DeBord, David, team member

Deese, Danny, charter coordinator

George, Gary, sports information student assistant

Gilmore, Kevin, team member

Griffith, Dave, team member

Hagley, Dr. Ray, team physician

Hagley, Shirley, wife of team physician

Harris, Art, team member

Harris Sr., Arthur, father of player Art

Harris

Harris, Bob, team member

Heath, E.O., business executive

Heath, Elaine, wife of business executive

Hill, Bobby Joe, team member

Hood, Joe, team member

Howard, Tom, team member

Jarrell, James, supporter

Jarrell, Cynthia, supporter

Jones, Ken, WHTN-TV 13 sports director

Kautz, Charlie, athletic director

Lajterman, Marcello, team member

Lech, Rick, team member

Loria, Frank, assistant coach

Morehouse, Gene, sports information director and radio announcer

Moss, Jim "Shorty", assistant coach

Nathan, Jeff, The Parthenon student newspaper reporter

Nash, Barry, team member

Norrell, Pat, team member

O'Connor, Dr. Brian, director of admissions

Patterson, Bob, team member

Poat, Charlene, stewardess

Prestera, Michael, former Big Green president and delegate-elect to the W.Va. legislature

COFFEE MADNESS

Hand Stitching Never Goes Out Of Style! Celebrating All Things Needle and Thread

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May I Introduce Myself

I'm a retired educator of 30+ yrs., mother to 1 son and 2 daughters, "Grandmama" to 5 precious Grandpeeps, married 40 yrs.to my college sweetheart,and savoring every minute of my new stage in life as an empty nester and Retired Grandmother in Chief. I enjoy quilting, stitching, reading, DIY projects, front porch sitting, auctions, thrift stores, morning coffee, Diet Pepsi, tea cups, tea pots, pretty dishes, vintage kitchen linens, vintage sewing items, and family dinners with my party of 12. #1 husband is recently retired so we plan to spend lots of good times camping, yard sale-ing, going to auctions, and simply enjoying each other's company. Thank you Lord for saving me, blessing me, and making me a home in Heaven with you.
Jeremiah 29:11